MLB.com beat writer Brian McTaggart blogs about all things Astros.

Oswalt has a new website

The website features a link to his restaurant, Home Plate Fish and Steakhouse, which will open later his year in his hometown of Weir, Miss. There are also links to his ranch – Double 4 Ranch – as well as pictures, headlines featuring Oswalt (some of which undoubtedly written by a certain MLB.com writer) as well as an online store.

Oswalt said the sale of merchandise will help him raise money for the Ronald McDonald House in Mississippi.

“I just thought it would help out with some of the stuff as far as adding money,” he said. “Instead of golf tournaments and stuff like that, people can buy merchandise and I can raise money that way. When you do a golf event, you tie up a lot of people.

“This will be a little quicker and easier and a lot more people can access it from all over the United States instead of one place. I’ve some shirts on there you can buy that say ‘Home Plate Steakhouse’ and my ranch, ‘Double 4 Ranch.'”

And as a reader pointed out, you can follow Roy on Twitter and Facebook.There are some pretty candid photos of Roy while hunting and fishing, and some cool photos taken during the construction of his restaurant, which I’m sure will have a McTaggart Burger on the menu (hold the mustard).

There’s even a place where you download photos of Roy and color them and hang them on your fridge. True story.

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